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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016
... measure has been largely flat (between 2.2% and 2.3%) over the past nine months. UK CPI inflation True to the Bank of England's (BOE) warning of rising inflation due to the pound sterling's depreciation, the UK's annual headline inflation rate sped up ...

Where's the Brexit-induced recession?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2016

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2016
... straight month of decline. UK consumer confidence The Brits appear to have shaken off their Brexit woes (for now?) and that the BOE's recent monetary policy easing had been timely and effective. The GfK consumer confidence index improved to minus 7 in ...

AMP Capital to acquire Spanish telco infrastructure

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2016
... outsource infrastructure to reduce cost and increase network coverage," AMP Capital global infrastructure fund managing partner Boe Pahari said. "Axion fits perfectly into the strategy for our global infrastructure platform with its strong cash generation ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2016
... 14.7 (a four-year low) in the previous month and beating market expectations for a minus 6.3 print. The Bank of England's (BOE) policy easing in August and the European Central Bank's (ECB) promise to act if necessary helped improve confidence.

Central bank Olympics - the race is on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2016
... at 1.0% in the June quarter; trimmed mean at 1.7%; weighted median at 1.3%. Target at 2.0% - 3.0%. But the Bank of England (BOE) outraced the RBA, delivering a 25 bps cut in its Bank Rate to 0.25% from 0.50% -- and an increase in its asset purchase ceiling ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016
... (Figure 1) in the coming months. The same message is delivered by the latest updates on business and consumer confidence. BOE policy unchanged It did not happen overnight but it will happen... in August. This was the Bank of England's message after its ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2016
... on global economic activity remain to be seen and, outside the effects on the UK economy itself, may be hard to discern". BOE eases First shot across the bow after Brexit. "To support the supply of credit and in support of market functioning," the Financial ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016
... Expectations of further weakness, particularly in business investment (due to Brexit uncertainty), have prompted Bank of England (BOE) governor Mark Carney to ponder some form of policy stimulus when the BOE next meets this month (14 July).

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2016
... Union," he said, adding that "nothing is worse than uncertainty - and Britain has already had painful experience of this". BOE on Brexit In a statement after the Brexit result, Bank of England (BOE) governor Mark Carney said that, "The Bank of England ...